2016 Postmortem

As Grossman said and as many of us have been saying, it's a cultural thing and not an economic thing.

Trump could break virtually every campaign promise he made and not experience a dent in his level of support. But imagine if he came out in favor of Black Lives Matter, a path to citizenship and LGBTQ rights. That's the one thing that would substantially erode his support. It would erode the Republican Party. Take away the bigotry, particularly racism, and the Republican Party would cease to be viable. It's the glue, the tie that binds. Would there still be trickle-down believing, privatization-supporting, jingoist Republicans? Sure, but not nearly enough to win elections.